Director: Professor Brian Nelson
Graduate coordinator: Dr David Garrioch
The Centre for European Studies provides a focus for multidisciplinary teaching and research in European studies and serves as a forum for conferences, seminars and special events connected with Europe.
Pavlos Andronikos Modern Greek identity; the Cyprus problem.
Philip Ayres Nationalism and separatist movements.
Barbara Caine Nineteenth and twentieth-century cultural history, with emphases on Europe and Australia; women's history.
David Garrioch Eighteenth and nineteenth-century France; comparative urban history, family history.
Bill Kent Italian Renaissance social and cultural history; Florence in the time of Lorenzo de'Medici.
Peter Lentini Contemporary Russian politics; comparative post-communist politics; European politics; electoral studies; women's representation; cultural politics.
Brian Nelson French culture and society in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Kevin O'Connor Economic geography; regional structure and development.
Marko Pavlyshyn Contemporary post-Soviet, and especially Ukrainian, literature and culture.
David Roberts Twentieth-century German history, politics and culture; contemporary social theory; European unification.
Geoff Spenceley Australian relationships with the European Economic Community since 1963; the economic history of Nazi Germany.
Walter Veit European literature and culture; European-Australian relations; role of intellectuals in society.
Ian Ward Soviet economic system; economic systems method; economic policy in Australia.
Course code: 0020
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students $A12,000 pa
The degree of PhD in European studies is taken by the submission of a thesis (of 60,000-90,000 words) on a topic approved by the director of the centre. Candidates with an honours Bachelor of Arts with at least an H2A, or a Master of Arts (H2A equivalent) in European studies or a relevant discipline, are eligible for admission.
Course code: 0017
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students $A12,000 pa
Candidates for the degree of Master of Arts will proceed to the degree by coursework and research (66 per cent) or by 100 per cent research. The minimum requirement for entry to the program is an honours degree or equivalent with a grade of H2A or better in European studies or a relevant discipline. The degree by coursework and research can be completed in one year full-time or two years part-time.
On completing this course students should be able to show their acquaintance with extensive readings in their field; demonstrate that they can originate and pursue research projects independently; discuss effectively and defend appropriately their ideas, both orally and in writing; display a comprehensive understanding of modern Europe and the political, economic, and social development of the major EC countries; have completed in their thesis a significant and original contribution to knowledge in the area in which they are working.
The program will be as follows: two of the following eight-point subjects (but candidates with no knowledge of a European language must take EUM5000.08 Language) plus a thesis of 25,000-35,000 words.